An Iraqi Kurdish push for independence from Baghdad appears likely to be a question of "not if but when," in a significant challenge to Iraq's stability, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Iraq's main Kurdish parties announced in April a plan to hold a referendum on independence this year, after the defeat of Islamic State
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected as the new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, becoming the first African to be at the head of the United Nations health agency, according to Al Jazeera. The former health minister of Ethiopia received more than half the votes in the first round and won definitively in a third-round election against the UK's David
In the latest natural disaster to strike the California Coast, a landslide has buried a portion of Highway 1 with 40-feet of rock and dirt along with dramatically changing the coastline underneath the highway according to a statement from the California Department of Transportation on Tuesday. The story reported by ABC News, spokeswoman Susana Cruz said that 1 million tons of
Children watch U.S. forces in the village of Darbasiyah, Syria, on Apr.29. A UNICEF report on Monday put the number of children at risk in Mideast and North Africa conflicts at 24 million. APTV/AP hide
Controversial new research suggests that modern humans evolved from apes in the Eastern Mediterranean — not from ancestors in Africa, as long believed by the majority of scientists, CBS News reports. The researchers' bold, potentially paradigm-shifting claims were published in two studies Tuesday in the journal PLOS One. The researchers base their arguments on analysis of two
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The roars of lions, snorts of rhinos and trumpets of elephants still blend with the cacophony of honking buses and screeching cars passing nearby in one of the most heavily congested areas of Argentina's capital. A year after the 140-year-old Buenos Aires zoo closed its doors and was transformed into a park, hundreds of animals remain behind
Hundreds of indigenous leaders are headed to a three-day summit at Uluru for a summit that on recognizing the country's first inhabitants on Tuesday, according to BBC News. The summit coincides with the 50th anniversary of a vote that allowed indigenous Australians to be included on the national census though Australia doesn't mention either the Aboriginal or Torres Strait
RIYADH: Millions of Muslims worldwide will mark the start of Ramadan, a
A lawsuit that makes a case that the National Security Agency spying on Americans with the "Upstream" program is illegal was allowed to move forwrd on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post. The program collects communications as they move in and out of the country through the main cables of the internet, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appears for the 4th Circuit
Mumbai: Areeb Majeed, who was arrested in 2014 on his return from Syria where he had allegedly joined the terror outfit ISIS, moved a bail application on Tuesday before a special NIA court. In his bail plea, Majeed said the court had dropped an important section under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against him and there was a considerable delay in the
Donald Trump has appointed lawyer Marc Kasowitz to represent him in an inquiry into Russia's
Research by campaigners claims aid and loans to the continent are outweighed by financial flows to tax havens and costs of climate change mitigation
BRUSSELS NATO is not only rolling out the red carpet for U.S. President Donald Trump in Brussels Thursday, but the military alliance — which Trump has declared obsolete — has been busy repackaging its image and is ready to unveil a new headquarters worth 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion). In recent months, member nations have strained to show they are ramping up
Amber Rudd has said the British government will look at how much it shares with the United States about ongoing terror attacks, after details about the Manchester bombing appeared to be leaked to American journalists. The Home Secretary said on Wednesday morning it was “irritating” that information, including the name of the attacker, Salman Abedi, was obtained by
Beijing: Taiwan will become the first country in Asia to legalise same sex marriage, after a landmark ruling by the constitutional court. The court ruled on Wednesday
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Although a powerful image of the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall beamed around the world for all to see, it hardly compared to the imagination that most Israelis and Palestinians have towards their lands and codified taboos which they’ve developed over time. There is, for instance, a hard-wired aversion to
How does a dusty, working-class town in Georgia not only manage to rehome thousands of refugees, but make them integral to the town’s sense of identity?
The French parliament will be asked to extend by several months emergency powers introduced in 2015 to counter the threat of terrorist attacks, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday after talks with security chiefs. Emergency rules giving French police wider search and arrest powers were introduced after Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in and around
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British police and intelligence agencies arrested three more suspects Wednesday in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing and moved quickly to secure key sites across the country, including Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament at Westminster. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the bomber, identified as British-born Libyan Salman Abedi,
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee told CNN Wednesday he and the ranking Democrat on the committee might meet with Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller if the FBI declines to provide documents requested by his committee. Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley said he had not heard back yet from the FBI regarding his request they provide memos of conversations